Olympia Montana Valance[1] (born 7 January 1993) is an Australian actress and model, whose roles include Paige Smith in the soap opera Neighbours (2014–2018, 2020, 2022) and Tahlia Woods in Playing for Keeps.
Olympia Valance was born in Melbourne, Victoria on 7 January 1993 to Rajko Vukadinović, a model and musician, and Tania Gogos.
[2] Valance's father is Serbian from Montenegro and her mother is Australian of Greek descent, the daughter of journalist Dimitri Gogos.
[8] In March 2014, it was announced that Valance would make her acting debut in the long-running soap opera Neighbours as Paige Smith.
[6] Valance had been a successful model prior to her casting and won the role after going through a long audition process, which included four call-backs.
[13] She appeared in a documentary special celebrating the show's 30th anniversary titled Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite, which aired in Australia and the United Kingdom in March 2015.
[21] Wilson confirmed that Valance would be moving to Los Angeles in January 2018 to pursue film and television roles during pilot season.
[29] On 4 May 2022, Valance confirmed to Zoe Thomaidou of Neos Kosmos that she would be returning to Neighbours for the serial's final episodes.
[36] In July 2023, Valance revealed that she had miscarried twins during the COVID-19 pandemic, and that she and Bellchambers were undergoing IVF after struggling to conceive for two years.